hi, i’m jasmine!
I’m an independent writer working on an “anthropology of disruption.” I used to be a product manager and AI policy researcher, but quit my job last year to get into full-time sense-making instead.
Mostly, I cover the culture of technology in Silicon Valley and beyond:
My most popular posts are on tech in China, SF’s gold rush vibes, working at Substack, AGI discourse, and the tech right.
I’ve reported on vibe-coding for the WSJ, defense-tech for the SF Standard, and spy mania for Business Insider.
I have been featured or interviewed in the NYT, FT, NPR, PBS, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, Sinocism, Embedded, and Marginal Revolution.
New essays and podcasts come out ~weekly. My work is fully supported via subscriptions and grants. If you like something, consider a paid subscription for $10/month or $50/year. I’m hoping to become financially sustainable by the end of 2025 so I can keep doing this next year.
If you have story tips, reading recommendations, or points of contention, shoot me an email! (I can’t respond to everyone but do my best, and prioritize paid subscribers.)
You can find a full list of media appearances here.
about me
I am also cofounder and director of Reboot, a nonprofit publication and community reimagining techno-optimism for a better collective future. We publish the print magazine Kernel.
Previously, I was a product manager at Substack, where I spent 4 years building our first community features, advanced publishing, and podcast/video tools. I’ve worked on AI policy at Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, and the International Climate Development Institute in Taipei. I graduated from Stanford with a degree in Sociology.
I live in San Francisco. If we run into each other on the street, say hi :)
thank you
This project is made possible by the generous support of Emergent Ventures, (m)otherboard, and paid subscribers.
Writing is how I pay the rent, so if you’ve learned from, resonated with, or been challenged by my work, consider a paid subscription. (And if you can’t afford it, consider sharing a post with a friend instead!)
Now is the best time in the world to be a writer, and I’m so grateful to get to do this. Thank you!
—Jasmine Wenyi Sun
